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downmarketing

downmarketing is the present participle and gerund of downmarket.

Meaning of downmarket

Verb

downmarket (third-person singular simple present downmarkets, present participle downmarketing, simple past and past participle downmarketed)

  1. (transitive) To render or become downmarket.
    • If there has been a genuine dissemination of a certain degree of readership, of artistic interest and, very notably, of musical awareness and response, there has also been a 'downmarketing', a vulgarization of culture […]2011, Ricardo Gil Soeiro, Sofia Tavares, Rethinking the Humanities: Paths and Challenges, page 37

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Questions about downmarketing

What is downmarketing the present participle and gerund of?
Downmarketing is the present participle and gerund of downmarket.

Words near downmarketing in the dictionary

  1. downlows
  2. downlying
  3. downlyings
  4. downmarket
  5. downmarketed
  6. downmarketing
  7. downmarkets
  8. downmass
  9. downmethylate
  10. downmethylation
  11. downmix

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